Spear

Museum number:
5-16934
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Accession number:
Acc.4715
Description:
metal and wood spear. long, leaf shaped blade on a short shaft attached to a wooden handgrip which in turn attached to a metal shaft which ends in a 4-sided point.
Donor:
H. Nona Hungate
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Kenya, Masai
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
R. E. Hungate
Collection date:
1960s-1970s
Materials:
Metal and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
November 30, 2000
Context of use:
hunting
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 177.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 5-16934, described as metal and wood spear. long, leaf shaped blade on a short shaft attached to a wooden handgrip which in turn attached to a metal shaft which ends in a 4-sided point.

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